Education: Persistence

In making its 1950 "awards" last month, the Harvard Lampoon pitched one
of its curves to Actress Elizabeth Taylor. She got the Lampoon's
"Roscoe" for "gallantly persisting in her career despite a total
inability to act." In Boston last week, as Actress Taylor was boarding
a plane for Hollywood, a delegation of Poonsters marched up with a
small brass band. This time, they announced, the Lampoon was giving her
the "Fabian Fall Award" as the actress who had "shown the most
improvement as a result of a previous receipt of the 'Roscoe.' "
Actress Taylor accepted a 25-lb. bronze bust. "This...